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Yap currency
Tube - the being being back for the time being Started conversation Jan 15, 2000
According to the German rag "Die Zeit" (Nr. 47, 18.11.99 "Leben" page 19) Yap used to have a currency made of stone coins with a diameter of up to four (4) meters. Didn't say whether or not they were called Ningies. According to the CIA World Fact Book 1999: "Labor force-by occupation: two-thirds are government employees" That *might* explain a lot.
Yap currency
Irving Washington - Gone Writing Posted Feb 17, 2000
I've heard of the stone coins of the Island of Yap. Apparently the big ones aren't actually moved, but rather have the coin's history imprinted on them so that you can tell who the coin belongs to.
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